The economic mind in America : essays in the history of American economics / / edited by Malcolm Rutherford

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910799973203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Routledge, , 1998
• ISBN: 1-134-78515-1; 1-134-78516-X; 0-429-23174-1; 1-280-31941-0; 0-585-45352-7; 0-203-43599-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (346 p.)
• Collana: Perspectives on the history of economic thought
• Altri autori (Persone): RutherfordMalcolm <1948->
• Disciplina: 330/.0973
• Soggetti: Economics - United States - History; Economics - History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Selected papers from the History of Economics Society Conference 1996.; Papers from the conference held June 28-July 1, 1996 at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; What is American about American economics?; Remarks on ~American-ness~ in American economic thought; What is ~American~ about U.S. economics?; Comment on ~what is American about American economics?~; Irving Fisher as a policy advocate; Social science and the making of social policy: Wesley Mitchell's vision; Vision accomplished: Harold Moulton and Leo Pasvolsky of the Brookings Institution as champions of a new world order; Herbert J.Davenport's transformation of the Austrian theory of value and cost; The quest for an ideal index: Irving Fisher and The Making of Index Numbers Frank Knight's position on capital and interest: foundation of the Knight/Hayek/Kaldor debate; Europe in America: Veblen and his Canadian connections; Marshall, Veblen, and the search for an evolutionary economics; Commons versus Veblen on the place of the ; individual in the social process: a case of methodological divergence; Peirce's economic reason
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume demonstrates the variety and creativity of American economics and the links between American economic thought and its non- European context. It contains selected papers from the 1996 History of Economics Society Conference.